From Managers To Leaders

Most of us have good intentions. We start each day with our goals and ‘to do’ lists that will help us ensure our effectiveness. Then we start to go to meetings, have one on ones with our staff, walk around your office floor or production floor. Little by little in your interactions you begin to [...]

You know everyone tells you to have a goal. To plan out your day and keep to the “to do” list you created for each day. That if you plan correctly you will have time and the ability to put out any “fires” that come your way. But what they don’t tell you about is [...]

I saw this quote the other day and it got me thinking:
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
-George S. Patton
At first I was nodding along with the idea that he was right, we should let people surprise us with how they [...]

A few days ago, I had an employee come over and sit down next to me. It was not big deal they just sat down and said “Hi.” I asked how I could help them and they mentioned they were just stopping by because they had not seen me in awhile. We had light small [...]

How many of you out there have either heard this or said it yourself?
“Well, they are not who they use to be.”
This usually comes a few months after a promotion or even just hours after an unpopular decision has been announced. It is often linked by those who hear it to feelings of jealousy, [...]